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Tinbergen's four questions — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Tinbergen's four questions

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 25 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on Tinbergen's four questions with 25 nodes and 97 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Spermophilus lateralis, The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot ala, Parus major, prairie dogs.

Definition

Four categories of biological explanation: proximate causation, development, adaptive utility, and evolutionary history

Publications (1)

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The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication

2007Advances in the Study of Behaviorframework

Tinbergen's four questions

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 25 entities)

Definition

Publications (1)

The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication

Related Concepts (6)

alarm communication

kin selection

social phenotype

acoustic adaptation hypothesis

functionally referential communication

exaptation

Frequently Associated Species

fur seals

Cynomys gunnisoni

Marmota flaviventris

endangered species

prairie dogs

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Tachycineta bicolor

Spermophilus lateralis

Tree swallow

tree squirrels